Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-29

WREN there will be sharper descent, in
order to get under the river. at a grade
e'i three feet 10 the 10G. Engineers who
have examined the location for these
tunnels state that there Will be twelve
feet of silt or river muck on top of them,
and that they could stand pressure four
times as great as this viii be. TIE tun-
nels proper will be $500 feet in length,
and with the approaches on both the
New York and Jersey City sides there
will be total length Of fraction less
than two and one-half miles.
IN UNDERGROUND DEPOT.
The plan conteE plates terminals under
Washington Square in New YORK city, at
a depth of fifteen feet below the earth's
surface which will occupy an area of
over an acre ia space. This wiz be ilu-
minateE by electricity and furnished with
every convenience and comfort for tTav-
elers, 1t is further stated that
there will be handsome en-
frances from tie streets, and that con-
siderable property is to be bought above
ground in connection with the work.
There will be elevators to the streets
above and broad stair-cases, and the
elevated railroad will run branch lines to
the depot.
In addition to the large extent to which
the tunnels will be used by the railroad
companies for the convenience of their
regular passenger business it is also in
tended to put on trains exclusively for the
large local travel between New York and
Jersey City. Last year the num-
Der of passenger taken by ferry from
New York to jersey City and in the other
direction amounted to $4,000, 900, and of
this number one-third were passengers
carried for railroads.
WHAT THE WORK WILL COST.
The first estimate made of the cost Of
this work was placed at $4,000, 900, but
this contemplated the purchase of con-
siderable more real estate in New York
then the present plan does. The latest
estimate, and that under which the
work will De done, puts the total cost of
the operation at 81, 000, 200, divided as
follows: Upon the tunnels, SO, 100000;
land and streets in New ork for termin-
ais, SO, 900, O0o, and for terminals, S5,-
00G, 00C The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company IN preparing for this new work
has given considerable attention to eXCa-
walton end tunnel work, and, it IS reported
has had an expert abroad examining
ell the important tunnels in England,
France and Spain, including those under
the Thames and Bristol channel, and the
St. Gothard and Mount Gents tunnels.
The following important tunnels in this
country were also examined: Webster,
on the SCsquehanna and Albany Railroad
near Binghampton, n. Y, nearly $500 feet
long and having only single track;
the Kingswood tunnel, on the main stem
Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 400
feet long; Chesapeake and OHIO Railroad |
Great Bend tunnel 650C feet long; Della
ware and LaCkewanna tunnel at Bergen |
Hills 1900 feet in length; Pennsylvania !
Railroad tunnel at Gallitzin, 5000 feet,
and the Southern Pacific tunnel near Los .
Angeles, ZOO feet in length. The HOOsac
tunnel, was also given considerable atten-
ton.
1t is stated that between $1,000, 900 and |
81 200, 000 of the money to be raised by |
he PENNSYLVANIA Railroad allotment of
stock Will be applied in this way. The
money for the remainder of the work can
De easily raised. The time for completing
he entire operation, it is estimated, will
)e over two years.